Safety-razor.



W. F. GROSCHOPP.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APELICATION FILED AUG.18.1914.

1,146,868. Patented July 20, 1915.

@ATES PATENT @FFEQ WILLIAM F. GROSCHOPP, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO KAB/IPFE BROS., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW' YORK.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2i), MM5.

Application filed August 18, 1914. Serial No. 857,290.

7b all Lc/0m t may concern Be it known that l, lViLLIAM F. Gnosoi-iorr, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Brooklyn, Kings county, State of New Yori-1, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Safety- Razors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rlhis invention relates to an improvement in safety-razors, but more particularly to the means for holding the cutting-blade in operative position in the frame.

rEhe object of the invention is to provide a blade holding mechanism that is of simple construction, effective in operation and cheaply manufactured.

To carry out the object of my invention l preferably form a portion of the clamping mechanism integral with the cover-plate for the blade, which plate acts to hold the blade firmly against the guard portion of the iframe. The coperating clamp element is secured to the coiffer-plate adjacent its locking element and preferably underneath the same and spaced sui'iiciently therefrom to permit ci the passage therebetween of the top plate of the trame.

l will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which l will point out in the appended claims, retcrence being had to the accompanying drawing. 'forming part thereof, wherein- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved safety-razor trame, the cover plate being illustrated in open position; Fig. 2 is a face view thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view, the section being taken on a line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4f is an enlarged side view ol the blade locking element;V and Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof.

,ln the drawing, l indicates the body portion of an ordinary safety-razor frame provided with a blade guard 2, upon which the blade 3 is held, the usual guides 4: and stops 5 being also employed.

ly improvement resides mainly in a coverplate 6 for the blade 3 and locking or clamping devices 7 and 8 carried thereby, the cover plate being pivotally connected to the guard 2 as at D. The function of the lock 7 is to hold the cover-plate 6 closed and in contact with the blade G along the lower edge l0 thereof. The projection or locking element 7 is provided with a resilient tongue or finger l1 having a recess 12 (Fig. 3.) adapted to engage a struck-up projection 13 on the top portion or plate laoi' the frame l'. When the projection 13 and resilient finger ll are in engagement the cover plate 6 will be firmly locked and the blade 3 securely held in position on the guard 2.

lt will be seen that the projection or tongue 7 is integral with the material of the cover-plate and also that said tongue and finger ll integral therewith arranged to pass over the plate lt when said cover-plate 6 is closed. By forming the tongue 7 integral with the cover-plate a cheap but eilicient structure is provided. Furthermore, the tongue 7 acts as a handle whereby the coverplate can be readily opened, which action automatically releases the blade 3.

To hold the blade 3 down against the stops 5, I provide a resilient abutment consisting of the locking element 3 which is provided with a resilient finger l5 adapted to exert a downward pressure upon the blade 3. As can be seen inFig. 3 the locking element 3 is secured to the cover-plate 6 underneath the tongue 7 and spaced therefrom suliiciently to allow the top plate le oit' the frame to pass between said tongue and abutment support 8, the guard 2 being provided with an opening i6 adapted for the passage therethrough of said abutment l5 and support 8 therefor. It is evident that the locking of the cover plate and the locking of the blade is a simultaneous operation, as is also the releasing of the same.

lt will be seen from the drawing that the tongue 7 and the support S with their resilient ingers are located intermediate the side edges of the cover-plate and at its upper edge and that the fingers 11 and l5 are superposed and approximately in alinement, there being a space between them to permit the passage therebetween of the top plate of the frame.

Having now described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A safety-razor frame consisting of a body` portion, a guard plate ca ried thereby, provided with an opening, and adapted to support a cutting blade, a cover-plate pivotally secured to said guard, a locking element for said cover plate integral therewith and adapted to engage the razor frame, a resilient abutment secured to said cover plate adjacent said locking element, said abutment being adapted to pass through the opening in said guard plate when said cover is closed and means carried by said abutment adapted to engage the heel of the cutting blade.

2. A safety-razor frame consisting of aY y in said guard plate when said Cover is closed and a resilient linger carried by said abutment adapted to enga-ge the heel of the euttingg blade.V

3. A safety-razor traine Consisting of a body portion, a `guard plate earriedthereby, provided with an opening' at its upper edge, and adapted to support a Cutting' blade, a cover plate for said blade piyotally secured to said guard plate, a tongue integral With said cover-plate, a resilient finger integra With said tongue provided With a recess, a projection en said frame adapted to engage the recess in said linger, said tongue being positioned to pase over the top of said frame whenr said Cover-plate is closed, an abutment secured te said cover-plate under said tongue adapted to pass through the opening in said guard plate and under the top plate of said traine when said cover-plate is closed, and a resilient finger carried by said abutment adapted to engage the heel of said cutting blade.

4. A safety-razor frame consisting of a body-portion, a guard carried thereby, a cover-plate pvotally secured to said frame, a pair of superposed locking tongues on said Cover plate. said tongues being substantially in alineinent and spaced apart to permit of the passage therebetween of the top-plate of Y the frame.

o'. A safety-razor frame consisting of a body-portion, a guard carried thereby, a clamping cover-plate pivotftlly secured to seid frame, and a plurality of independently acting locking-tongues extending outwardly Copies of this patent may be obtained foi` five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

